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- From: tquinn@heartland.bradley.edu (Terry Quinn)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Subject: Radial tires on old car
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 20:55:56 -0600
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- > new 136k miles...). The owners manual says that unless the car came orginally
- > with radial tires, one or more suspension pieces need to be changed. Parts
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- > Does anybody anything about what the owners manual was talking about? Should
- > I just go ahead and get the radials and hope for the best? Should Harold kiss
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- Go ahead. I think the owners manual was probably referring to the
- fact that when radials were first put on cars in place of bias,
- they had to change suspension bushings, because the radials are a
- little harsher to road noise. This means that you might have a
- little noiser car with the radials, but I doubt you'll notice it.
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- I went from bias to radials in my old '67 Firebird many moons
- ago with no problems.
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- Be sure to change all 4, or if only two, put the radials on the
- rear axle only. This is because radials have a steeper corning
- force / slip angle curve, and putting radials on the front and
- bias on the rear can cause the car to oversteer excessively (spin
- out).
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- Terry Quinn
- Germantown Hills, IL
- tquinn@heartland.bradley.edu
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